IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
New Oxford Street, WORKINGTON, CA14 2NA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to New Oxford Street, CA14 2NA by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (91 Images Found)
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Wetherspoons pub, Workington
A Wetherspoon pub in the centre of Workington. As with a large number of Wetherspoon premises this pub is in a building converted from a former use. This one still maintains the words "Oxford Picture House" inscribed in the stone work on the front of the building.
Image: © Graham Robson
Taken: 6 Nov 2014
0.01 miles
2
"The Henry Bessemer" public house, Workington
Former cinema - Oxford Picture Theatre - converted into a public house under the management of J.D. Wetherspoon, specialists in taking over large redundant buildings with large internal spaces, such as entertainment buildings and post offices. The building dates from 1920, and more can be found at this http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/41285
Image: © Jim Osley
Taken: 28 Jun 2013
0.01 miles
4
Henry Bessemer Pub, Workington
The Henry Bessemer pub in Workington on New Oxford Street. The pub is part of the J D Wetherspoon chain and as the painted over writing above the door attests is converted from a former cinema.
Image: © Graham Robson
Taken: 14 Jul 2012
0.02 miles
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The Henry Bessemer, Oxford Street
The original name of the building - Oxford Picture Theatre - is still visible on the front.
In common with other Wetherspoon pubs, the name has a local association. Henry Bessemer invented a way to manufacture cheap steel by blasting air through molten iron http://www.westcumbriaguide.com/p/v/features/bessemer-converter/ which enabled Workington to prosper as a steelmaking town.
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 28 Aug 2010
0.02 miles
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Murray Road entrance to Workington Bus Station
The Murray Road Entrance to Workington Bus Station. The station was the first purpose built covered bus station in the UK and opened in 1926. Today it is owned by Stagecoach, the operator of the majority of commercial services in Cumbria.
Image: © Graham Robson
Taken: 6 Nov 2012
0.03 miles
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Workington Bus Station, Murray Road
The back of the building is at an angle, with another entrance on Vulcans Lane. This is said to be the first (1926) purpose-built covered bus station in Britain http://wtht.co.uk/workington-buses/ .
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 28 Aug 2010
0.03 miles
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Slow traffic on Oxford Street, Workington
The traffic dispersed once past the railway station.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 19 Jul 2010
0.03 miles
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Workington Library
On the corner of Oxford Street (left) and Vulcans Lane. The building was previously occupied by the Beehive Co-operative department store, which closed around the early 1970s.
The dome seen further down the road belongs to Image
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 28 Aug 2010
0.03 miles